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Every year, it seems as if more talented Lehigh Valley natives and former residents are hitting the big screen. In 2015, actors, animators, costume designers, composers, producers and directors are working in movies both big and small. The sheer number of films featuring local talent is staggering. Highlights include the action epic "Fast and Furious 7" featuring former Bethlehem resident Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the fantasy epic "Pan" with Allentown's Amanda Seyfried, the high-profile futuristic "Insurgent" with Freedom High grad Daniel Dae Kim and "Despicable Me" spin-off "Minions," executive produced by former...

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Every year, it seems as if more talented Lehigh Valley natives and former residents are hitting the big screen.
In 2015, actors, animators, costume designers, composers, producers and directors are working in movies both big and small. The sheer number...

Freedom grad Daniel Dae Kim will be joining the futuristic world of Tris Prior in "Insurgent," the sequel to the recently released film "Divergent" based on a trilogy of young adult novels by "New York Times" bestselling author Veronica Roth ... .

Is Berks County native Taylor Swift more desirable to men than Katy Perry? Is Allentown’s Amanda Seyfried more desirable than either of them? Those are some findings of a new survey in which more than a million votes were cast ...

Veronica Roth fans can start the countdown. "The Divergent" author is set to write a new two-book series, HarperCollins Children's Books told The Associated Press on Monday. The books currently are untitled, with the first one expected in 2017...

Veronica Roth fans can start the countdown.
The "Divergent" author is set to write a new two-book series, HarperCollins Children's Books told The Associated Press on Monday. The books currently are untitled, with the first one expected in...

Julianne Moore can rest easy tonight. And if you're Michael Keaton or Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette or J.K. Simmons, there's no need to set the alarm. Your agent will be calling at the crack of dawn, bearing glad tidings of great joy. That and maybe...

"Boyhood" prevailed at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, collecting the coveted picture nod, as well as director for Richard Linklater, supporting actress for Patricia Arquette and best young actor/actress for Ellar Coltrane.
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When Kate Beckinsale and Jeremy Piven take the stage in Beverly Hills on Thursday to announce nominations for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s Golden Globes, you can expect some juicy surprises and a couple of eyebrow-raisers to go with it. After...

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BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Shailene Woodley was born in Simi Valley, Calif., on this date in 1991. This birthday gal's star has risen as the leading lady in such films as "The Fault in Our Stars," "Divergent" and "The...

Chris Pratt doesn't always eat what he kills, but most of the time he does -- and it turns out he does it with grace.
Literally.
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Conventional wisdom would tell you the Oscar acting races are, for the most part, all but settled. And we haven't even carved the Thanksgiving turkey! But then, last November's conventional wisdom had Tom Hanks, Robert Redford and Emma Thompson as...

Jennifer Aniston wasn't there to accept her MTV Movie Award for best kiss, but her "We're the Millers" costar Will Poulter did a fine job invoking her presence with a presumably fake text message from the actress who played his fake...

Superhero sequel "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" soared in its opening weekend to a record-breaking $96.2 million in North America and a worldwide total to date of $303.3 million.
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The MTV Movie Awards handed top prizes to "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" on Sunday night, naming the dystopian thriller best movie and handing honors for best male and female performances to Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence.
But as is...

LAS VEGAS — With "Gone Girl," 20th Century Fox previewed one of the most hotly anticipated releases of the year at CinemaCon on Thursday. But it was one of the studio's least-talked-about projects that got the warmest audience reaction.
After...

The movie may be called "Divergent," but for the cast members of the upcoming young-adult action-romance, all roads lead to "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
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Shailene Woodley wore a one-shoulder Elie Saab couture gown with a slit up the leg to the L.A. premiere of "Divergent," her new film that is scheduled to open Friday. [The Cut]
And her co-star Kate Winslet wore a scarlet gown by Safiyaa London....